Is there a legal "acceleration limit"

Your at the stop light, about to race the Evo. It turns green, you dont accelerate fast enough to burn rubber and there is no one to endanger. The race finishes without breaking the speed limit. The question is, at what point of acceleration can you get a ticket?

What i am knowledgeable of, is that if you leave marks on the road or weave through traffic like a maniac, you get a ticket. But at what point does it become illegal? You can get arrested for reckless endangerment but Ive seen cars go off the red light light pretty fast in front of cops and nothing is done about it.

Are they just lazy cops or do they have to follow an acceleration law in order to chase them? If someones in there VW bug and another is in there corvette and they both put the pedal to the medal, the corvette is probably going to get a ticket due to him having a higher acceleration rate. Is this a little unfair? Are faster cars more targeted?

As a kid i remember that we were behind a Porsche going around 5 mph above the speed limit. Cars were passing us left and right and it was almost dangerous even though we were above the speed limit. With all the cars passing the poor porsche, he was the one that got the blue and red lights in his mirrors. It started my thought on if they target sports cars more. I always thought it was a little unfair but its there choice.

Comment on your opinion below on your thoughts of cops thoughts of sports cars.

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Comments

rickydobby

This is most that is left to the discretion of the officer and his/ biases. They might hate sports cars in general and pull over anyone “driving to fast for conditions”. Or they like muscle cars go because they like them more than a fast honda

04/27/2017 - 16:42 |
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Itsuki

I suppose as long as you don’t lose traction and don’t break the speed limit, you’re not breaking the law in any way.
Living in a place with fairly sensible police, they pull people if they notice anything suspicious, not for the cars they drive. Me and the rest of my family have never been pulled over, but then again we are all fairly safe drivers

04/27/2017 - 16:43 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Itsuki

One reason to have TCS on lmfa

04/28/2017 - 04:24 |
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Anonymous

I always think What would happen if i violantly accelerate up to the speed limit and then stay at that limit what would happen. The cops arent gonna like it offcourse but can they give me a ticket?

04/27/2017 - 16:45 |
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eind0d0

Funny enough I once accelerated quite fast next to a cop car and they even tried to keep up with me for fun, after that they one cop gave a thump up to me and smiled….

04/27/2017 - 16:50 |
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Michael Gordon

They can pull you over for street racing, as well as dangerous driving. Most of the judgement is up to the officer, however.

04/27/2017 - 17:19 |
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TheMindGarage

The acceleration limit is whatever the limit of traction is on your car. As long as you don’t break the speed limit or drive too fast for conditions (like if it’s a really narrow, twisty road and it’s wet), acceleration isn’t the problem.

04/27/2017 - 17:48 |
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George Leluashvili

You deserve a follow for this question!

04/27/2017 - 17:52 |
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thanks :3 i just joined car throttle

04/27/2017 - 18:01 |
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Anonymous

It is excessive exhibition of speed, yes a ticket

04/27/2017 - 20:31 |
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Michael R. T. Jensen

I’ve accelerated very quickly to the speed limit around police before. They’ll either keep up, pass in a show of dominance, or pull me over just to nose around. Never recieved a ticket for it, but they don’t like it.

04/27/2017 - 23:27 |
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BMWfan

Well, that’s the fun with acceleration: there is a speed limit, but no one can tell you how quickly you can get to that speed.

04/28/2017 - 21:21 |
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